Comments on: The Yankees call A-Rod’s behavior “bizarre”http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/28/the-yankees-call-a-rods-behavior-bizarre/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:03:43 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: badintenthttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/28/the-yankees-call-a-rods-behavior-bizarre/comment-page-1/#comment-520844
Sat, 29 Jun 2013 06:00:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520844Red Sox fan ? or Texas fan ? Beer and greasy chicken in the clubhouse or greasy chicken and Tacos in the clubhouse.? Sorry to burst your chewing gum bubble but Yankees have $500 million dollar deal with cable alone.And we have Wall Street $$$$$ a quick phone call away. The $$$$ you paid with your Federal tax income return.Love that $464 Billion dollar bailout. Thanks Obama , check’s in the mail
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Sat, 29 Jun 2013 05:54:37 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520843Arod and his team of lawyers, doctors and HR specialists are at war with the Yankees. Make no mistake about it. He ‘s got the big guns rolled out , wants to play a few games and then get the Medical disabilities discharge which NYState is famous for with all it’s unions. About 98% and counting. That’s $100+ million to Arod to win. But if he gets suspended Before he gets back on the field , then he loses. Which 90% of us hope.Yankees need that $$$$ to get some talent to hit. We’re tired of losing 3-1 games lately.
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Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:38:09 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520745Holy fucking crap – did Brian Cashman just make me defend ARod? Did I seriously just fucking defend ARod?!

/ stares horrified at mirror

I don’t even know me anymore.

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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 23:36:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520727The Yankees would have to give him his unconditional release and he would have to pass through waivers. If unclaimed, the Yankees would owe the balance of his contract.

So Larva, I nearly dislocated my shoulder patting myself on the back for the concluding double entendre in my Spuds McWiggles song.

]]>By: historiophiliachttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/28/the-yankees-call-a-rods-behavior-bizarre/comment-page-1/#comment-520703
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:58:10 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520703Back in the day when word processing software would give you word suggestions to replace your name, mine always came up “larva Nigeria.” I swore if I wrote fiction that would be my pen name.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:55:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520701I’m going to go out on a limb and guess … bizarre.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:54:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520700How’s his Twitter?
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:19:46 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520682In the last 2 years Brian Cashman has gotten blackmailed by his mistress, broken his ankle jumping out of a perfectly functioning plane and rappeled down the side of a 22-story building. Pot – meet kettle.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:14:20 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520677There is a group of people who text me and always have my name come out as “month” instead of Mo.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:07:46 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520674I wish had more than two thumbs. They would all go up for this comment.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:01:20 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520639Just found this on the Google Machine:

Players actually get three option years. That is, three years in which they are on the 40 man roster, but not on the 25 man roster for some or all of the season.
If a player has fewer than five years of professional experience, he can be sent to the minors in a fourth season without being subject to waivers.
Once the player is out option years, if he gets “optioned” to the minors, he must clear irrevocable waivers. When a player is put on irrevocable waivers, any team can claim him. If no team claims him, the player is assigned to the minor leagues. However, if the player has five years or more of major league service, he can refuse the option to the minors and become a free agent.

So if NY wants to leave him in AAA, he would have to be DFA, clear waivers. If not team elects to take him, he either reports to AAA or becomes a FA. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CONTRACT IF HE GOES FA AND DOESN’T REPORT TO AAA?

They do not have the option of leaving him on the 40 man roster and work out the suck factor at AAA? Can they DFA and eat the salary if there are no offers? How does this side of the equation work for a player with his years in the bigs?

A couple of points. Since he’s already on the 40 man roster, he’d need an option to be sent to the minors. He’s out, and has been out for years. Essentially once you hit FA assuming 6 years of service in MLB, I believe you are completely out of options and can only go down to the minors with your consent. Many older/washed up players do this to try to make their way back. But Arod is still an above average player when he’s on the field.

The other question you asked, re: DFA, there’s nothing stopping the Yanks from doing this. However, his contract is fully guaranteed. So if they did decide to DFA him, he’d obvious pass through waives after 10 days because no one would want that contract, and he’d be a FA. However, the Yanks would still owe him the full amount of his deal (Not sure how the HR bonuses would work, but that’s the cherry on top of the sundae) even when he signed on with a new team.

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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:45:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520635Yanks have lost control of their P.R., and the N.Y. sports media gossip hounds are going to town. That’s what’s really weird here. Used to be this sort of stuff ended in a day, tops. Hal Steinbrenner needs to tell these anonymous “club officials” to STFU because it’s hurting Yankees brand, the source of all their riches.

As for the N.Y. media, they shouldn’t be quoting anonymous sources anyway (it’s not like their protecting the I.D.’s of whistleblowers). But the N.Y. sports media is about as low class as you can get north of the Enquirer. And the Yankees’ anonymous club officials are just making it too easy for them.

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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:38:50 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520633How is being happy that a doctor says you’re healthy enough to start playing practice games douchey? He’d been facing live pitching for a week, and simulated games for three days. Was that douchey? Where does it suddenly become douchey? When he bats with live fielders? Why?

I’m not saying he’s not a douche. I’m just missing what he did here.

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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:36:15 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520630Why can’t anyone say the Steinbrenners made him do it? Of course they did.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:32:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520628So on June 17 he tweets, “First time facing live pitching today in over 8 months. Felt good to put on my helmet and metal cleats.”

On June 22 he tweets, “Simulated game yesterday – nice to see real game pitching action!”

On June 25 he tweets, “Visit from Dr. Kelly over the weekend, who gave me the best news – the green light to play games again!”

He’s been facing live pitching for a week already, and simulated games for half a week; how is this even news? Some sort of scrimmage-y game would be the inevitable next step, no?

Note he did NOT say, in official games, or cleared to play, or anything like that.

What on Earth are the Yankees on about? They seem truly insane.

I’m glad you posted this link. I’d seen the final tweet only; but in context it’s even more innocuous.

The Yankees seem intent on pissing him off, for no apparent reason. If I were him, any inclination to take a buyout for less than 100% is now fully gone.

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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:23:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520622Funny, that’s how I feel about the word “Yankees”!
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:56:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520611Just to make certain, as I do not know the intricate details of the CBA. If he is on the 25 man roster, and part of the 40 man roster, he has to stay with the Yanks even if he sucks, or can’t play well? They do not have the option of leaving him on the 40 man roster and work out the suck factor at AAA? Can they DFA and eat the salary if there are no offers? How does this side of the equation work for a player with his years in the bigs?
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:46:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520605Wait till everybody sees the contract they are going to give Cano.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:39:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520598If it’s a Yankee article, Burt Reynolds will be in here trashing Cashman. It’s like flies to shit for him.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:17:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520584Its known publicly that Cashman told the yankees owners to let him walk. You can not like Cashman for some things he’s done/not done but AROD is not his.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:59:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520577Mr. Cashman? There’s a Mr. Coletti on line one.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:57:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520575Yeah, at least the Yankees don’t slump like the Pirates and when last did the
Dodgers win. The Yankees have money, I don’t see why a Pirate fan is so
worried about the Yankees.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:04:21 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520560the Yankees are the retards that gave him that contract so I don’t understand why they are so mad. could the Yankees just buy him out? pay the entire contract this year and have it on the books like what the mets did with bay.
]]>By: jwbiiihttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/28/the-yankees-call-a-rods-behavior-bizarre/comment-page-1/#comment-520551
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:48:20 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520551There are really only two interesting things here. He likes his daughter and Wallace Matthews and Mike Silva think that he can get ESPN NY radio in Tampa (It’s CBS Sports St. Pete).
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:14:30 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=476153#comment-520536I don’t like Arod, but I at least understand him. He’s a dbag, and when he does something douchey, I’m not surprised.

I don’t understand the Yankees, however. They act like they woke up one morning and this Arod dude was somehow in the roster. They walk around scratching their heads trying to figure out what happened, as if they we leaving the house one day and walked out the door to discover a giant sinkhole had swallowed the front yard.

Note to the Yanks: you fellas actively sought out this butt-…er, sinkhole. Twice!

This is different than what the Yanks will likely do with Pineda, because he still has an option left. If the Yanks want to keep him in AAA for a few additional weeks to buy off a year of arbitration, there’s really nothing that Pineda can do to stop it.

Two, if the Yanks do try to keep Arod in AAA beyond his rehab clock, he can go to an arbiter and show his doctor’s notes that he’s been cleared to play. In this case the Yanks will likely lose and have to bring him up.